Moira : Bound to happen! Chapter 3.

 

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Yuga's eyes once again brimmed with tears. She hadn't cried this insanely after that incident three years ago. She clinched her stomach and the bottle harder. The bottle cracked and started leaking. The water oozed over on to the bench. 

"Nirav!", his face still flashing in front of her eyes. Yuga's brain couldn't process it. "Why now? After three years? I had tried hard to forget it, then why? What do you want from me God?". Yuga looked up in despair, tears rushing down her already red cheeks. 

 More dried leaves came falling down the tree and covered the water that was spilled on the bench. Yuga's phone beeped a several times and now it started ringing. She snapped out of her reverie and gulped whatever remaining water that was in the bottle. She took the phone call. 

"Where are you dear? You are never this late. It's Saturday, so are you exercising more today? Are you okay?", questions kept bombarding at her.

Yuga cleared her throat and masking her lamentation said, "Don't worry mom. I'm okay. Just tripped while running. But it's okay. I'm coming home". 

"Just tripped? Can you drive? Where are you hurt? Yuga please come home quickly, you are making me worry dear. Should I come to pick you or should I call Sameer? Yuga...Please...."

"I'm alright mom. Please breathe. Don't worry, I will drive back home. Please don't call Sameer, mom", Yuga said and hung up.

Yuga got up, straightened her knees. She switched on the front camera of the phone and looked at her face. She looked grungy, rather awful. Her clothes were messed up, first with soil and now water. Thankfully, she remembered that she had a change of clothes in her car. She decided to get changed in the restroom nearby and then go home, so that her mom doesn't worry much.

While going to the parking lot, Yuga looked around for that old lady who had brought her the water, but couldn't find her. She picked up the clothes from the car and entered the restroom of the park. It wasn't that great but today, Yuga was glad there was one nearby. She splashed water on her face, tied her hair back in a proper pony. She freshened up and got changed. She got into the car and started for her home.

"Should I tell mom the truth that I didn't trip. Should I tell her about the earlier incident? No! She wouldn't believe me. I couldn't believe my eyes. What should I tell her? Whom did I see? He said he is Nirav. But why didn't he come back? Who was that old woman? What did she say... about Nirav being my boyfriend? Did Nirav tell her that? I haven't seen her before. And what was that.....deep connections?", Yuga shook her head to get rid of all the thoughts. She switched on the radio to distract her mind. 

"This is RJ Smriti aur aap sun rahe hai Retro Hindi........Hindi Films have a great impact on our lives..don't they? When you meet a stranger on one such day.....similar to a movie scene, your eyes meet, heart starts racing...dhak dhak...dhak dhak...butterflies in your stomach. You want to know more about them but they just disappear. You try to find them but itni bheed mei kaise miloge? Kaha dhundhoge? Bas chehra yaad reh jata hai....and then you think...Naam to poonch liya hota!.....Folks! On this note lets hear a song in the melodious voice of Kishore Kumar......

Ek ajnabee haseena se....yun mulakaat ho gayi..SSSSSSSSSSSS".

Yuga's eyes became misty once again. She slowed down and parked the car to the side of the road. She turned up the volume of the song.

"Woh achanak aa gayi...yun nazar ke samane, jaise nikal aya ghata se chand....SSSSSSSSSS".

"Yash's favourite song", Yuga murmured.

 She rested her head on the steering wheel. Tears kept profusely dropping down her eyes, as she moved her hands over her stomach gently.

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